Mike's Mets

Time 2021-01-11 02:04:29

Web Name: Mike's Mets

WebSite: http://www.mikesmets.com

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When Steve Cohen s purchase of the New York Mets went through, he was joined by new team president Sandy Alderson in a news conference where they shared their plans for the team. Both Cohen and Alderson spoke of the idea of building a sustainable winner with the Mets, which would necessitate improving the team s roster in the short-term while building out the farm system for long-term success. With the addition of SS Francisco Lindor and SP Carlos Carrasco to the roster, the Mets are well on the way to acing the short-term goal of being more competitive in 2021.I was in the middle of taking Lisa to some doctors appointments yesterday when my phone started blowing up. The Mets were reportedly close to a deal for Francisco Lindor. It was exciting to see the Mets involved in the type of deal I was used to watching happen with other teams from afar. Still, I was really worried what the Mets might be giving up for a year of Francisco Lindor.In Sunday s post I wrote about my hopes that perhaps Japanese pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano would sign with the Mets this week. Upon hearing that their focus is elsewhere , I found myself disappointed although, in fairness, I have no real fact-based opinion on the man s chances of being effective in MLB competition. It would have just been a relief for something concrete to finally happen and the 2021 roster inch a little closer to taking shape. Instead, the weird inertia of the 2020-2021 offseason continues to frustrate the desire of myself and many of my fellow Mets fans to have something to get excited about.Although I enjoy living in the northeast and experiencing all four seasons, I m not really a winter person by nature. By the time February rolls around I m more than ready for winter to be over. Back in February of 2006, during my first year of blogging, I spent a Sunday morning watching snow pile up outside of my house. Spring training was about to begin, and the my mind was filled with thoughts of warm summer days and baseball, in a year the Mets finally seemed poised to compete for the playoffs. I wrote a post for my blog, then I had to come back to the wintry reality and go out and shovel the nearly two feet of snow that had fallen.The holidays are past us now, and I really do expect that we ll be seeing some free agents signings in the next couple of weeks. Then again, I thought that things were going to pick up after the nontender deadline back at the beginning of December, and that just didn t happen. Perhaps there s no real sense of urgency for MLB teams who are betting on some sort of delay for the 2021 season. Or, another possible reason for the slowness that s been bandied about is that player agents are unhappy with the small number of teams that are interested in their clients and keep hoping that some teams will reconsider and jump into the bidding. That would certainly make sense on their part. Whatever the cause, this hot stove season is moving slower than my friend Tony does when he s reaching for his wallet, and trust me, that s pretty damn slow. At times I ve seen cobwebs form between his hand and his pocket during this maneuver.Now that we ve left 2020 behind, I hope that some of the players and teams resolve to not let January be as boring as December was, and that the hot stove season can finally live up to its name. The only sparks of excitement so far have been courtesy of the San Diego Padres, who have made themselves into one of the best teams in baseball by building a very deep farm system and being aggressive using it. For all of the deserved credit that the Rays get for making their voodoo work, it s good to see a team in a relatively small market like San Diego making a bold and aggressive push in a much different way to challenge the Dodgers in the NL West. Although I enjoy living in the northeast and experiencing all four seasons, I m not really a winter person by nature. By the time Februa...

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